A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo. After a morning spent wandering around her enclosure, the restless ape finally sits down to relax, but not before showing off numerous facial expressions. Israeli zoologist and wildlife photographer Michal Samuni-Blank photographed the playful western lowland gorilla when she visited Bronx Zoo in New York. Michal of New York, says: “The gorilla’s name is Julia and she has a very special personality. She is very outgoing and is one of a few gorillas in the zoo that interacts with the visitors.
TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .
A woman brutally beaten in a revenge attack has slammed the soft sentence handed to her assailant .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
This tranquil setting stretches for miles as the sun sets behind the mountain .
A transgender woman has beaten the bullies after spending £25K on surgery to become a beauty pageant queen .
WELCOME to the real Frankenstein's lab where carefully pickled creatures are left to stew in jars .
THIS ONE of a kind experience brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'a coffee to go' .
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .
A former soldier who bravely took on penny-pinching NHS bosses in his fight against terminal cancer has died, aged 37 .
A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
In June 2023, Aimee da Cunha, 33, from Perth, Australia, was boiling potatoes on the stove when her two-year-old daughter, Hailey, knocked the pan of water over her .